From: Sero-molecular epidemiology of hepatitis E virus in pigs and human contacts in Ghana
Variable | Hepatitis E RNA | ||
---|---|---|---|
Negative | positive | p-value | |
Total (n = 720) | 697 | 23 |  |
Age of animal |  |  | <  0.001 |
 Adult | 506 (72.6) | 4 (17.4) |  |
 Weaners | 191 (27.4) | 19 (82.6) |  |
Sex of animal | Â | Â | 0.126 |
 Female | 429 (61.5) | 10 (43.5) |  |
 Male | 268 (38.5) | 13 (56.5) |  |
Rectal temperature | Â | Â | 0.053 |
 Fever | 165 (23.7) | 10 (43.5) |  |
 No fever | 532 (76.3) | 13 (56.5) |  |
Presence of ectoparasites | Â | Â | 0.878 |
 No | 520 (74.6) | 18 (78.3) |  |
 Yes | 177 (25.4) | 5 (21.7) |  |
Body scoring | Â | Â | 0.487 |
 Emanciated | 10 (1.4) | 0 (0) |  |
 Moderately fat | 39 (5.6) | 0 (0) |  |
 Normal | 498 (71.4) | 15 (65.2) |  |
 Obese | 5 (0.7) | 0 (0) |  |
 Thin | 145 (20.8) | 8 (34.8) |  |
Ticks | Â | Â | 0.345 |
 No | 661 (94.8) | 21 (91.3) |  |
 Yes | 36 (5.2) | 2 (8.7) |  |
Icterus |  |  | <  0.001 |
 No | 697 (100) | 23 (100) |  |
Respiratory distress |  |  | <  0.001 |
 No | 697 (100) | 23 (100) |  |
Neurological disorder |  |  | <  0.001 |
 No | 697 (100) | 23 (100) |  |
Flea | Â | Â | 1 |
 No | 693 (99.4) | 23 (100) |  |
 Yes | 4 (0.6) | 0 (0) |  |